Guest commentary: It may take a bus to bridge skills gap

5:06 PM,
Mar. 9, 2014

Written by

Craig Thompson

Bridging the skills gap has become an imperative for governors across the country as well as the president and Congress. Even when unemployment numbers were at their highest, we continually read stories about companies in Wisconsin that desperately wanted to hire but could not find applicants with the necessary skills. While the unemployment numbers are thankfully coming down, that story is still all too prevalent today.

For students who are flocking to our many wonderful technical colleges in Wisconsin in order to gain a skill or be retrained, getting there and back can be half the ...